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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for South Lanarkshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
17,372 approved · 603 refused · 1,173 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Dec 2013 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
Police Training And Recruitment Centre Eaglesham Road Jackton G75 8GR
Received 5 Apr 2023Land 50M East Of 10 Woodhall Road Woodhall Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 5NF
Received 6 Apr 2023Plot 5 Yieldshields Road Carluke ML8 4QE
Received 6 Apr 202341 Crofthead Street Strathaven ML10 6BB
Received 7 Apr 2023Moorland To The East Of Electricity Sub Station Leadhills Road Elvanfoot Biggar ML11 0JU
Received 7 Apr 202365 Wardlaw Crescent East Kilbride G75 0PY
Received 10 Apr 202324 Inglewood Crescent East Kilbride G75 8QD
Received 10 Apr 202325 Laguna Wynd East Kilbride G74 5EA
Received 10 Apr 2023Lynnallan Garngour Road Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire ML11 0HQ
Received 10 Apr 2023Greenbank Craigend Road Auldhouse G75 9DR
Received 10 Apr 20232 Buller Close Blantyre G72 9JQ
Received 11 Apr 202332 Queen Street Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3EE
Received 11 Apr 20231 Hagshaw Terrace Douglas ML11 0NR
Received 11 Apr 2023241 Glasgow Road Hamilton ML3 0QG
Received 11 Apr 202318 Mossgiel Terrace Blantyre G72 9ND
Received 12 Apr 202318 Inch Keith East Kilbride G74 2JZ
Received 12 Apr 202313 Potters Wynd Lanark ML11 7JB
Received 12 Apr 202363 Station Road Thankerton Biggar ML12 6NZ
Received 12 Apr 2023Land 580M Northeast Of Lawriesmuir Farm Lupus Road Lesmahagow Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 12 Apr 202315 Meadow Drive Cambuslang G72 6QD
Received 12 Apr 202333 Kirkton Park East Kilbride G74 4HX
Received 12 Apr 202388 High Street Lanark ML11 7ET
Received 12 Apr 202388 High Street Lanark ML11 7ET
Received 12 Apr 20232 Huntlybank Steadings Huntlybank Lane Ravenstruther Lanark ML11 7FE
Received 12 Apr 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for South Lanarkshire, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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